A view of the SYL (Sutlej-Yamuna Link) canal in Punjab. The Centrally-funded canal links Sutlej with the Yamuna. It is to carry Haryana’s share (3.5 million acre feet) of Sutlej waters. The Centre has spent about Rs. 450 crores on the canal. The construction was abandoned in 1990 at the height of militancy in Punjab. … Read more
A view of the SYL (Sutlej-Yamuna Link) canal in Punjab. Fle | Photo Credit: The Hindu Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday (October 5) said not even a single drop of additional water will be shared with any other State at any cost. He further informed that the State Cabinet has approved the name … Read more
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann | Photo Credit: – Punjab has accumulated a debt of over ₹47,000 crore in the past a year and a half, prompting calls from economists to rationalise freebies amid lack of resources to make fresh capital investments as the State’s outstanding debt hovers over 50% of its GDP. Chief Minister Bhagwant … Read more
Farmers shout slogans while blocking a railway track during a ‘Rail Roko’ protest in Jalandhar | Photo Credit: PTI As farmers continued with their ‘rail roko’ agitation against the Central government, blaming apathy towards their demands, train services were disrupted for the second consecutive day in Punjab on Friday. Farmers associated with 19 different farmer … Read more
A case has been registered against six Punjab policemen, including a superintendent of police, in Muktsar district on the charges of subjecting an advocate to custodial torture, abetment of unnatural sex, wrongful confinement and causing threat to his life, police said on Tuesday. The case was registered against Muktsar SP (Investigation) Ramandeep Singh Bhullar, CIA … Read more
Gurdaspur Deputy Commissioner Himanshu Aggarwal said that vehicular traffic on Mukerian bridge has been closed after the Mukerian-Gurdaspur road submerged. | Photo Credit: X/@himan47agg_IAS Several teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on August 16 began rescue operations to evacuate people in several areas in Gurdaspur which were inundated following the release of excess … Read more
With 19 of the 23 districts in Punjab continuing to reel under floodwater, the Opposition parties have upped the ante against the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the State. Former Union Minister and senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Tuesday asked Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to immediately call a special … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses a public meeting on completing nine years of BJP-led Central Government, in Gurdaspur on June 18, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a scathing attack on the AAP dispensation in Punjab on June 18, saying the State’s law and order is going from bad … Read more
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President J.P. Nadda | Photo Credit: ANI BJP national president J. P. Nadda on Tuesday accused the governments in West Bengal, Punjab, Bihar and Rajasthan of depriving the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) of their legitimate rights, terming it a “huge conspiracy.” Mr. Nadda, who was addressing a press conference at … Read more
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann took a dig at Governor Banwarilal Purohit again. File picture | Photo Credit: ANI The ongoing hostility between Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was yet again on display on Monday as both fired salvos at each other. Taking a dig at the Chief Minister, Mr. Purohit alleged … Read more